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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 13 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
" Whereas , at the Grand Lodge on 24 th February , 1731-5 , the Earl of Crauford , Grand Master , being in the Chair , Bro . James Anderson , D . D ., having represented that a new Book of Constitutions was become necessary , and that he had prepared materials for it , the Grand Master and the Lodge ordered him to lay the same before the present and
former Grand Officers , as in the Grand Lodge Book . And our said Bro . Anderson , having submitted his manuscript to the perusal of some former Grand Officers , particularly our noble Bro . Richmond , and our Bros . Desaguliers , Cowper , Payne , and others , who , after making some corrections , have signified their approbation . And . having
next , according to the foresaid order , committed his manuscript to the perusal of the present Grand Officers , who , having also reviewed and corrected it , have declared their approbation of it to the Grand Lodge assembled in ample form on the 25 th January , 1737-8 . This Grand Lodge then agreed to order our said Bro . Anderson to print and
publish the said manuscript or new Book of Constitutions . And it is hereby approved and recommended as the only Book of Constitutions , for the use of the Lodges of the Free and Accepted Masons , by the said Grand Lodge , on the said 25 th January , 1737-8 , in the vulgar year of Masonry 5737-S .
" About this time I had the high honour of witnessing some regal initiations . His Royal Highness Francis Step hen , Duke of Lorrain , received the two first degrees of Masonry at the Hague , by virtue of a deputation from Lord Lovel , G . M . for a Lodge there , of which Dr . Desaguliers Avas the Master ; and subsequently he was raised to the third degree , along Avith his Grace the Duke of NCAV-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
" Whereas , at the Grand Lodge on 24 th February , 1731-5 , the Earl of Crauford , Grand Master , being in the Chair , Bro . James Anderson , D . D ., having represented that a new Book of Constitutions was become necessary , and that he had prepared materials for it , the Grand Master and the Lodge ordered him to lay the same before the present and
former Grand Officers , as in the Grand Lodge Book . And our said Bro . Anderson , having submitted his manuscript to the perusal of some former Grand Officers , particularly our noble Bro . Richmond , and our Bros . Desaguliers , Cowper , Payne , and others , who , after making some corrections , have signified their approbation . And . having
next , according to the foresaid order , committed his manuscript to the perusal of the present Grand Officers , who , having also reviewed and corrected it , have declared their approbation of it to the Grand Lodge assembled in ample form on the 25 th January , 1737-8 . This Grand Lodge then agreed to order our said Bro . Anderson to print and
publish the said manuscript or new Book of Constitutions . And it is hereby approved and recommended as the only Book of Constitutions , for the use of the Lodges of the Free and Accepted Masons , by the said Grand Lodge , on the said 25 th January , 1737-8 , in the vulgar year of Masonry 5737-S .
" About this time I had the high honour of witnessing some regal initiations . His Royal Highness Francis Step hen , Duke of Lorrain , received the two first degrees of Masonry at the Hague , by virtue of a deputation from Lord Lovel , G . M . for a Lodge there , of which Dr . Desaguliers Avas the Master ; and subsequently he was raised to the third degree , along Avith his Grace the Duke of NCAV-